Posted in Writing on Oct 9th, 2012
When poet Laura’s friend Megan dares her to write a novel by September, Laura lies down on her kitchen floor and hopes to die of a worm. It was the worm that hooked me. Really. I read the first chapter of The Novelist by L.L. Barkat and then bought the book. I wasn’t worried that […]
Posted in Poetry Roundup, Writing on Mar 23rd, 2012
Six weeks ago, I posted an interview with L.L. Barkat about her most recent book, Rumors of Water. We had a couple of email and comment exchanges in the weeks between my asking her for the interview and my posting it here. Nice and all, but nothing to prepare me for this: the day after […]
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For Christmas my husband bought me a book I’d been wanting for several months: L.L. Barkat’s Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity and Writing. I read it in three sittings. Then I read it again. It’s a beautiful book, easily my favorite book on writing since Bird by Bird. Barkat shows exactly what she’s telling, […]
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